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We present a case of endemic tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) occurring in June 2016 in the eastern part of the Netherlands in an area where a strain of TBE virus, genetically different from the common TBE virus strains in Europe, was reported in ticks in 2016. With the start of the tick season in spring, this second autochthonous Dutch TBE case should remind physicians to consider the possibility of endemic TBE in patients with respective symptoms.

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Increasing evidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus transmission, the Netherlands, June 2016
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Adriaan+CG+Weststrate&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Weststrate Adriaan CG</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Daan+Knapen&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Knapen Daan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Gozewijn+D+Laverman&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Laverman Gozewijn D</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Bart+Schot&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Schot Bart</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jan+JW+Prick&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Prick Jan JW</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Silke+A+Spit&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Spit Silke A</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Johan+Reimerink&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Reimerink Johan</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Barry+Rockx&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Rockx Barry</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Felix+Geeraedts&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Geeraedts Felix</a></span>. Increasing evidence of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus transmission, the Netherlands, June 2016. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2017;22(11):pii=30482. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.11.30482" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.11.30482</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 03 Mar 2017;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 15 Mar 2017 </span> </p>
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